Civil War leadership and Mexican War experience / Kevin Dougherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dougherty, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Command of troops--Case studies.

Command of troops.

Mexican War, 1846-1848--Influence.

Mexican War, 1846-1848.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States. Army--Biography.

Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A great many commanders in the American Civil War (1861-1865) served in the Mexican War (1846-1848). Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience explores the influence of the earlier war on those men who would become leaders of Federal and Confederate forces. Military historian Kevin Dougherty sets the context with a discussion of professional soldiering before both wars. He then depicts the unique experiences of twenty-six men in Mexico, thirteen who would later serve the Confederacy and thirteen who would remain with the Union. He traces how tactics they used and reactions they had to Ci

Contents:

Patterns of the military profession

George McClellan and siege warfare

Ulysses S. Grant and logistical risk

Philip Kearny and reckless courage

Samuel Du Pont and the naval blockade

Winfield Scott and the changing nature of warfare

John Pope and the influence of Zachary Taylor

George Meade and missed opportunity

Jefferson Davis and the bad example

Joe Hooker and the administrative side

William Sherman and room to grow

Henry Halleck and the military executive

Henry Hunt and the organization of artillery

George Thomas and the rock

Robert E. Lee and turning movement based on reconnaissance

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregarde and the exception that proves the rule

Jefferson Davis and misplaced confidence

Braxton Bragg and Jefferson Davis

John Winder and wartime governance

John Slidell and doomed diplomacy

Gideon Pillow and political generals

Stonewall Jackson and the role of artillery

James Longstreet and the changed mind?

George Pickett and the quest for glory

John Pemberton and inflexibility

A.P. Hill and the tendency to criticize

Lewis Armistead and comrades becoming enemies

Summary of lessons learned

Appendix A. Federal Civil War generals who also served in the Mexican War

Appendix A. Confederate Civil War generals who also served in the Mexican War.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48572-5

9786612485725

1-60473-162-1

OCLC:

220862023